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West Ham 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
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Births Total. Male. Female. Wales.
Legitimate 7,001 3,540 3,461 Birth.rate22.09 18.8
Illegitimate 201 102 99
Deaths 3,652 1,913 1,739 Death.rate 11.5 12.2
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child.birth—
From Sepsis 5
From other causes 7
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1.000 births—
Legitimate, 74.84. Illegitimate, 3.47. Total 78.31
Deaths from measles (all ages) 114
Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) 84
Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 75
Infectious Diseases.
Below is appended a table showing the number of cases of the notifiable diseases occurring during the year, together with the number removed to hospitals and the total number of deaths in each disease.
| Disease. | Cases Notified. | Removed to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 801 | 751 | 33 |
| Scarlet Fever | 388 | 320 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid | 19 | 16 | 4 |
| Puerpural Fever | 15 | 13 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 419 | 158 | 494 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 2 | .. |
| Acute Polio. Encephalitis | 2 | .. | .... |
| Encephalitis Lethargies | 26 | 19 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 177 | 32 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 24 | 4 | .. |
| Malaria | 26 | 16 | •• |